Analysis of The Resolution
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
The Favours of Fortune I once hop'd to gain,
And often invok'd her, but ever in vain.
She despis'd my Addresses, which gave me such Grief,
I flew to the Muses, in Hopes of Relief.
Ah Wretch that I was! I might very well know,
'Twas the Method to make her for ever my Foe.
They laugh'd at the Goddess, and bid me despise her;
But Time and Experience have made me grow wiser.
This unhappy Mistake I resolve to repair.
O Fortune! thy Votaries must persevere.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0111011111 01001011001 101111011111 11101001101 11111111011 101011011011 111010011010 1100100111110 101001101101 110111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 454 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 348 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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